From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1172">Athena</a><BR>
Date: 18 September 2003<P>

JWB71913, I loved  <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.09.17.21.05.549">Mail Order Funeral</a>.  I've been there before.  You're in my thoughts... hang in there.  Things will get easier with time.  Better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all, as much as it hurts sometimes.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1172">Athena</a><BR>
Date: 18 September 2003<P>

Champagne, Word.  Loved <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.09.18.04.52.8464">I Think Your Ladder is SEXY</a>.  There's definitely something about a manly man.  Makes my heart tingle!
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=863">Champagne</a><BR>
Date: 18 September 2003<P>

JWB 71913<BR>
<BR>
<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.09.17.21.05.549">Mail Order Funeral</a> <BR>
<BR>
This one was so well written.<BR>
<BR>
You put your thought so well into words.<BR>
<BR>
I've been wanting to tell you that you are a<BR>
very talented writer.<BR>
<BR>
It also reminded me of my past -<BR>
and how you need closure - to build the strength to go on.<BR>
<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=863">Champagne</a><BR>
Date: 18 September 2003<P>

To Athena -<BR>
<BR>
Thanks for the enthusiastic comments on "Ladders"<BR>
<BR>
The poem came into my head last night, when a white<BR>
truck passed me - all filled with tools and ladders<BR>
tied to the top.<BR>
<BR>
It made me tingle.<BR>
<BR>
Even if a guy is not good looking - nor muscular -<BR>
just to see a man who can work with his hands and build<BR>
things or repair things -  is a big turn on.<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=863">Champagne</a><BR>
Date: 18 September 2003<P>

I often check out the writing of others that have been<BR>
praised by the writers here.<BR>
<BR>
Star of David made a recent list - so I checked them out.<BR>
<BR>
I particularly liked this one - <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.09.17.04.27.15372">Feedin' The Hunger</a> <BR>
<BR>
written by Misti -<BR>
<BR>
It rang out loud and clear with a definite message<BR>
that is experienced by so many people in this day and age<BR>
of free love.<BR>
<BR>
Great Stuff Misti<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=863">Champagne</a><BR>
Date: 18 September 2003<P>

I'm quite impressed with you -  Darwin<BR>
<BR>
I liked "Home".<BR>
<BR>
But I really liked <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.09.12.08.44.23977">Checkmate</a> <BR>
Especially the ending - it was great
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=863">Champagne</a><BR>
Date: 18 September 2003<P>

<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.09.05.14.39.15824">Double standards</a> <BR>
<BR>
WOLFSCREAMER -  Don't be too hard on yourself.  It happens to people of both sexes.<BR>
<BR>
It has also happened to me several times.<BR>
<BR>
I dated a guy for a long time once, and I thought that we were just friends.  We never consummated our relationship.<BR>
In fact it was a rather cold friendship in the romance and sexual arena.  The only thing we ever shared were a few innocent kisses.  We dated for two years - but never did much but talk, go to movies, concerts, and parties, etc.<BR>
<BR>
I thought of him as a brother-type friend.<BR>
<BR>
When I broke up with him, (I had found a serious relationship elsewhere) - he committed suicide and left a<BR>
note that I had broken his heart.<BR>
<BR>
I was devastated.  I loved him like a brother, and thought of him as a good friend.  I had no idea how he felt about me, especially since we never shared anything physical.<BR>
<BR>
Recently - I broke up with a guy that had gone around and told all his family and friends that we were an item.<BR>
And yet, all we ever did was attend a few poetry readings,<BR>
go to dinner, and movies, etc.  We shared a few kisses<BR>
and that was all.   <BR>
<BR>
His parents told me after the breakup that he was talking<BR>
about wedding bells.  Duh -  where was I  ?<BR>
<BR>
I never heard anything but fog horns.<BR>
<BR>
So I could be hard on myself too.  I wasn't playing any games,  I just didn't know.<BR>

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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1211">SterlingRose</a><BR>
Date: 18 September 2003<P>

Ooooh  B.K.   <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.09.02.17.03.12681">Midnight Blues</a> <BR>
<BR>
that was beautiful.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1211">SterlingRose</a><BR>
Date: 18 September 2003<P>

Hey CHANCES<BR>
<BR>
<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.09.03.03.29.25500">Words Said Too Easily</a> <BR>
<BR>
This was a good one.<BR>
I liked the flow, the rhyme, and the thoughts.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1211">SterlingRose</a><BR>
Date: 18 September 2003<P>

LadyInWaiting<BR>
<BR>
WOW<BR>
<BR>
<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.09.03.13.33.25550">Push End</a> <BR>
<BR>
Fabulous and Witty
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1211">SterlingRose</a><BR>
Date: 18 September 2003<P>

B.K.    B.K.    B.K.<BR>
<BR>
<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.09.03.20.24.21001">Tea for Two</a> <BR>
<BR>
I could see and feel every word.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1211">SterlingRose</a><BR>
Date: 18 September 2003<P>

<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.09.03.20.49.18507">Touch</a> <BR>
<BR>
I'm really getting into these short ones.<BR>
<BR>
Short - but strong impact -  GREAT<BR>
<BR>
JWB71913 -  The Author
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1139">jwb71913</a><BR>
Date: 18 September 2003<P>

Athena, SterlingRose, Champagne, Star of David.  Thanks for noticing my efforts.  My son has been my strength through this last travail, as well as a couple of dear friends. It's funny that when I sat to write last night I had no intention of writing prose.  But as I read through some of my old postings here, it became clear that it was way past time to let go and move on.  Until the empty place is clean and ready for a new tenant, it cannot be let.<BR>
<BR>
Thanks again for your comments....Jim
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1169">Passion_Painter</a><BR>
Date: 18 September 2003<P>

In response to jwb71913<BR>
     I was quite impressed with your comment about<BR>
     my piece about "punctuations"<BR>
     I think your comment might even be better than<BR>
     what I wrote.   *LOL    Thanks.<BR>
<BR>
In response to Star Of David<BR>
     Thank you so much for commenting.<BR>
     Your own writing is quite worthy of merit and praise.<BR>
<BR>
I have not commented on anyone's writing here yet,<BR>
but I do read it.  As a new person, I felt it good<BR>
to just read for now.   
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1139">jwb71913</a><BR>
Date: 18 September 2003<P>

<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.09.18.12.48.14831">In Line For a Refund</a>   Maybe it's time i paid retail, instead of going to the bargain basement.  I love this.  Jim
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1139">jwb71913</a><BR>
Date: 18 September 2003<P>

<a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.09.18.18.18.20215">Altered Me</a>   Oh dear Naggie, I have lost myself like this.  What a wonderful and painful piece.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1139">jwb71913</a><BR>
Date: 18 September 2003<P>

Oops, Maggie.  Sorry
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=1103">ladyinwaiting</a><BR>
Date: 18 September 2003<P>

SterlingRose ~ thank you for the lovely compliment...
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=220">wolfscreamer</a><BR>
Date: 18 September 2003<P>

Champagne.<BR>
Guess my feelings of guilt were compounded by remembering how I felt when I was left, ah well maybe I,ll forgive myself somwehere down the road.Thanks for the comments,guess we all have a ghost or two,now where did I put that ghostbusters phone number?
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=35">Star of David</a><BR>
Date: 18 September 2003<P>

Hello, my Name is Inigo Montoya,<BR>
 <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.09.18.20.35.4063">In Plain Sight</a> – this piece is a great one and also heart breaking:<BR>
“I've lost the right<BR>
To be your champion”<BR>
Corinna, <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.09.18.17.54.23230">I Will Not Forget You</a> - I love this one too<BR>
Darwin -  <a href="/blend/wv.cgi?id=2003.09.18.08.25.20543">in this thunder</a> – fantastic! I love the way you write.
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From: <a href="/blend/av.cgi?id=35">Star of David</a><BR>
Date: 18 September 2003<P>

Sorry that was supposed to be like this:<BR>
<BR>
Hello, my Name is Inigo Montoya,<BR>
In Plain Sight - this piece is a great one and also heart breaking:<BR>
"I've lost the right<BR>
To be your champion"<BR>
Corinna, I Will Not Forget You - I love this one too<BR>
Darwin - in this thunder - fantastic! I love the way you write.
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